@article{ref1,
title="When criminals are shot: A survey of Washington, DC, jail detainees",
journal="Medscape general medicine",
year="2000",
author="Pitts, K. and Oen, R. and Hemenway, David A. and May, J. P.",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="E1-E1",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Criminals are at high risk of being victims of violence, but little is known about their victimization. METHODS: A screen of Washington, DC, detainees found that 1 in 4 had been wounded in events that appear unrelated to their incarceration. Extensive interviews were conducted with 79 men entering the city jail from March through June 1997; the men reported 93 prior events in which they had been shot within the past 5 years. RESULTS: Eighty-three percent had personally witnessed someone being shot, and 46% had a family member killed with a gun. In the incidents in which they were shot, most were victims of robberies, assaults, and crossfires. The shootings were serious -- 35% were hit by more than 1 bullet, more than 90% went to the hospital, and 40% still had some disability from the wounds. These detainees report being shot by other criminals rather than by law-abiding citizens. Ninety percent would prefer to live in a world without easy access to firearms. CONCLUSION: These young men live in a violent world of gunplay. The overwhelming majority would prefer that firearms were not so readily available.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1531-0132",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}